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next i would like to ask jim, poor people who are accused of a crime have a right to a public defender but most of the cases are in civil court, child custody, workers right, compensation for catastrophic injuries. where is the combid gideon for this? >> it's not there. when you start caring about these issues, they expand. that's okay. the question that i will address and i have been interested in it since 1962. i'm quite mature. and been working on it my own little way. it has to do with the right to counsel in civil case. i will tell you 3 stories. if i give you the statistics, if i sit here and tell you 6 out of 10 middle class people who go to court do not have a lawyer or 8 out of 10 do not have a lawyer. i have diminished those people and in this culture that's one way to take care of the problem because it's almost gone when you hear it. i will tell you 3 stories. a us citizen born and raised in hawthorne california with a limited mental capacity, having lived in the united states, living with his mother and 3 other kids. got arrested on a small trespass. he entered what i can
next i would like to ask jim, poor people who are accused of a crime have a right to a public defender but most of the cases are in civil court, child custody, workers right, compensation for catastrophic injuries. where is the combid gideon for this? >> it's not there. when you start caring about these issues, they expand. that's okay. the question that i will address and i have been interested in it since 1962. i'm quite mature. and been working on it my own little way. it has to do...
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host: that is jim in new castle, delaware. "the washington times" has the lead editorial on what happened inthe senate is today -- -- the senate yesterday -- >> the question of a national gun registry, i do not disagree on its face, currently pending legislation, does not purport to create a national gun registry. the department of justice has you explicit that when require background checks for private fire arms transactions the only way to make that effective is through a national gun registry. the bill that is pending on the senate floor -- if it passes the next step in the process would be that critics say this is not effective. we do not know if you are selling your fire arm to someone else unless we know you have your firearm. my judgment, a federal registry of firearms, the federal government keeping a list of every firearm that is lawfully owned by every lot- abiding citizen would be terrible policy and would be inconsistent with the constitution. host: joseph tweets in about this topic -- jamie is in kazakhstan, michi
host: that is jim in new castle, delaware. "the washington times" has the lead editorial on what happened inthe senate is today -- -- the senate yesterday -- >> the question of a national gun registry, i do not disagree on its face, currently pending legislation, does not purport to create a national gun registry. the department of justice has you explicit that when require background checks for private fire arms transactions the only way to make that effective is through a...
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law firms like jim's law firm or chris's law firm help us in situations where we are trying to establish counsel and reinforce. we get over a thousand cases a year. from that first request we are usually able to take it down to about half. many of them who are writing to us are not claiming to be innocent. they are probably claiming that their prison conditions are inadequate and they are probably right. they might be claiming that they haven't received their medication, they are probably right. they are probably -- they often complaining that they were overcharged and over sentence. they probably right. we refer them as much as we can to those that might be able to help them. from then we begin the triage process to see if there is any kind of assistance once we investigate and if we are able to litigate it. >> thank you. next i would like to ask jim, poor people who are accused of a crime have a right to a public defender but most of the cases are in civil court, child custody, workers right, compensation for catastrophic injuries. where is the combid gideon for this? >> it's not there
law firms like jim's law firm or chris's law firm help us in situations where we are trying to establish counsel and reinforce. we get over a thousand cases a year. from that first request we are usually able to take it down to about half. many of them who are writing to us are not claiming to be innocent. they are probably claiming that their prison conditions are inadequate and they are probably right. they might be claiming that they haven't received their medication, they are probably...
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on jim to do that. he usually talks people on through the ledge. >> go ahead and jump. >> caller: jim why does the media reports a 54-46 vote just votes it as a defeat. this drives me crazy. 54-46 is not defeat. this whole supermajority thing that it's automatic 60 votes for needed for everything. i just think the media needs to report that that this whole thing has been perverted. >> yeah. >> caller: yeah? >> i don't know how this keeps happening. i really don't. >> caller: didn't medicare pass by like 50-something votes? >> stephanie: yeah. yeah. no. i mean, that's how divided we are. but lanny davis is right, abby. the democrats in particular ought to -- and morning joe did it this morning, just put everything's pictures up that voted against us. >> we can't put pictures up because we are radio -- >> stephanie: we are technically radio. >> we could put up imaginary pictures >> stephanie: we don't want to leave out our radio fans. >> my friend bobby would like to remind us that you can't spell senator
on jim to do that. he usually talks people on through the ledge. >> go ahead and jump. >> caller: jim why does the media reports a 54-46 vote just votes it as a defeat. this drives me crazy. 54-46 is not defeat. this whole supermajority thing that it's automatic 60 votes for needed for everything. i just think the media needs to report that that this whole thing has been perverted. >> yeah. >> caller: yeah? >> i don't know how this keeps happening. i really don't....
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so they felt that cometh they cracked birmingham, they could crack jim crow. i won't go through the whole story, but, if in those weeks leading up to jail, things weren't going well. the black people of birmingham and the black clergy were not responding to his call to go forward. and you hear a very frustrated king who is disappointed with black people before he is disappointed in the clergyman in a letter. a few weeks before all this happens, god is telling moses why are you having the children of israel complained to me to take them to the promised land? they have to go there themselves. and then you hear king saying i can do it alone. you start to hear the -- i can't do it alone. you start to hear the frustration and him. they may lose, after all they llve ambled, they have gone oa in antifamily decides that he will go into court arrest because he needs to jar the people of birmingham forward. was it planned? didn't happen that way? >> there is -- did it happen that way? >> there is some speculation. for all of his passion and narrative, he identified more
so they felt that cometh they cracked birmingham, they could crack jim crow. i won't go through the whole story, but, if in those weeks leading up to jail, things weren't going well. the black people of birmingham and the black clergy were not responding to his call to go forward. and you hear a very frustrated king who is disappointed with black people before he is disappointed in the clergyman in a letter. a few weeks before all this happens, god is telling moses why are you having the...
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at 10:00 this morning, we will hear from former virginia governor jim gillmor and the head of a national commission on terror response about those attacks. channell be on our news eight >> . virginia's campus will pause to remember six years since the deadliest shooting in u.s. history. a gunman killed and 32 students and faculty members beginning at ceremony-- with the beginning at midnight. there will be a moment of silence at 9:43 a.m. followed by a community picnic later today. bostonirs is giving taxpayers a break after yesterday's attack. and otherre on that business news, linda bell at bloomberg headquarters in new york. good morning to you. >> hello. we will see of stocks will bounce back today after taking a hit yesterday as the boston marathon tragedy unfolded. stocks plunged, suffering their biggest monday decline since november. stock-index futures are indicating a higher open this morning. we spoke with a fund manager in asia. he said the boston attack is bad news for market sentiment but he believes the impact on the stock market is temporary as investors wait for more deve
at 10:00 this morning, we will hear from former virginia governor jim gillmor and the head of a national commission on terror response about those attacks. channell be on our news eight >> . virginia's campus will pause to remember six years since the deadliest shooting in u.s. history. a gunman killed and 32 students and faculty members beginning at ceremony-- with the beginning at midnight. there will be a moment of silence at 9:43 a.m. followed by a community picnic later today....
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. >> thank you, jim, and thank you for your leadership on the task force, and i want to express my thanks to the constitution project, but also to all of my fellow task force members, what they brought to the table in terms of experience, wisdom, public service, really made a difference in the development of this project and important eport. there's more than 24 findings and recommendations. we can't cover all of those this morning, but we do want to hit some of the highlights. we hope you'll take the entire report, study it through, and look at each of those recommendations. why is this report important? it's important because we as a nation have to get this right. i look back in history to the time during world war ii that we interned some japanese-americans. at the time it seemed like the sandrite proper thing to do. but in the light of history, it was an error. and so today this report will hopefully put into focus some of the actions taken in the post-9/11 environment. there's some key questions we wanted to address this morning. one is the treatment of suspected terrorists in u.s. c
. >> thank you, jim, and thank you for your leadership on the task force, and i want to express my thanks to the constitution project, but also to all of my fellow task force members, what they brought to the table in terms of experience, wisdom, public service, really made a difference in the development of this project and important eport. there's more than 24 findings and recommendations. we can't cover all of those this morning, but we do want to hit some of the highlights. we hope...
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as jim mentioned, there's more than 24 findings and recommendations. we can't cover all of those this morning that we want to hit some of the highlights. we hope he will take the entire report, study it through and look at each of those recommendations. why is this report important? it's important because we as a nation have to get this right. i looked back in history to the time during world war ii that we in turn to some japanese-americans. at the time it seemed like the right and proper thing to do but in light of history, it was an error. as of today this report will hopefully put into focus some of the actions taken in the post 9/11 environment. there are some key questions we wanted to address this morning. one, did the treatment of suspected terrorists and u.s. custody rise to the left of torture? second how did this happen and what can we learn from this to make better decisions to the future. we found the u.s. personnel in many instances used interrogation techniques on detainee's that constitute torture. american personnel conducted an even l
as jim mentioned, there's more than 24 findings and recommendations. we can't cover all of those this morning that we want to hit some of the highlights. we hope he will take the entire report, study it through and look at each of those recommendations. why is this report important? it's important because we as a nation have to get this right. i looked back in history to the time during world war ii that we in turn to some japanese-americans. at the time it seemed like the right and proper...
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again, 50% of black adults were unemployed during the great depression, and you had jim crow where it was legal and de facto segregation. you didn't find the same kind of criminality. we have spent $16 trillion since 1965 on poverty, and what we've done is we've destabilized families. that is why when a kid sees a gang banger, as you mentioned, he looks at that gang banger and thinks, hey, this is what i want to be. he doesn't have a father to say, wait a second, this is not the way to go. hit the books two good, hard hours a day. finish high school, don't have a kid before you're 20 years old and get married before you have that kid. if you do that, you will not be poor. the question we have to ask ourselves is, what policies are we doing that are giving people the incentive or disincentive to follow that formula? >> host: larry elder, a conversation between you and your mother beginning with your mother. your mother thought -- your father thought small. don't make the same mistake. that's unfair. oh, here you go again, defending him. he's not donald trump. he was a wimp, she said. >
again, 50% of black adults were unemployed during the great depression, and you had jim crow where it was legal and de facto segregation. you didn't find the same kind of criminality. we have spent $16 trillion since 1965 on poverty, and what we've done is we've destabilized families. that is why when a kid sees a gang banger, as you mentioned, he looks at that gang banger and thinks, hey, this is what i want to be. he doesn't have a father to say, wait a second, this is not the way to go. hit...
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the southern strategy cemented a change. >> jim? >> i have two questions and the first one is on the immigration bill. i wondered if we could get your reaction to what has now been written and are you now willing to endorse a pathway to citizenship? i use that particular word for those who are undocumented and the second question is will this bill immigration reform help america's drug problem and would it help in the rand paul of america if you criminalize the use of drugs if there is an immigration reform bill? >> the bill is pretty long and last night when i left, and assuming does anyone know if it's on line? we are going to read it is the first thing we will do and that all take a while. there are a lot of details but i will tell you i am for finding a place for those in our country whether documented or undocumented and finding a place for them if they want to work. it's not that i'm going to be doing anything with rules though. conservatives have always said they want want secure borders and the guys complain about the 1986 b
the southern strategy cemented a change. >> jim? >> i have two questions and the first one is on the immigration bill. i wondered if we could get your reaction to what has now been written and are you now willing to endorse a pathway to citizenship? i use that particular word for those who are undocumented and the second question is will this bill immigration reform help america's drug problem and would it help in the rand paul of america if you criminalize the use of drugs if there...
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joined us from london by jim brown of the stop the will coalition here coming on the program good to see you today jim obviously there's been a fresh surge in violence in iraq over the past month or so we've seen a thousand people being killed in various bomb attacks. what is the security situation now. it. rises and falls but the level of violence has never. gone back to what it was ten years ago after the war and talking about it's never return to that there's been terrible periods of around two thousand and six and against that things are much better than otherwise the level of violence is constant just peaks and troughs now with the latest spate of violence we're seeing a twenty six people killed here ultimately protesters rallying ahead of the results from local elections having a bit of a run in with the police as well why are people protesting the elections without even knowing the results yet. well this installation of what you could call a ministration in baghdad it. has clearly marginalize the. large part of the sunni population it's not as simple as that because for exampl
joined us from london by jim brown of the stop the will coalition here coming on the program good to see you today jim obviously there's been a fresh surge in violence in iraq over the past month or so we've seen a thousand people being killed in various bomb attacks. what is the security situation now. it. rises and falls but the level of violence has never. gone back to what it was ten years ago after the war and talking about it's never return to that there's been terrible periods of around...
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tom foley, jim howard of new jersey. these guys and women have the guts to run an impossible -- that is what is so inspiring. she could be a congresswoman for life in the wrong district. politically she is probably too moderate but your thoughts. >> here's the thing. one of the reasons the republican campaign committee must be just tearing its hair out is that this was another race that republicans have essentially given away because they have a bad candidate. it's like todd aiken in missouri. these are races republicans should have won but they had bad candidates and you know at first the campaign committee was going to go ahead with it, give mark sanford money. he's at least well known. he may be, you know, he served as governor twice. he's got the politics that seem to fit that district but he is also an idiot. let me say this in his wife's defense. remember that mark sanford came to her to ask her to run his campaign this time around after publicly humiliating her with another woman. for all of his alleged political
tom foley, jim howard of new jersey. these guys and women have the guts to run an impossible -- that is what is so inspiring. she could be a congresswoman for life in the wrong district. politically she is probably too moderate but your thoughts. >> here's the thing. one of the reasons the republican campaign committee must be just tearing its hair out is that this was another race that republicans have essentially given away because they have a bad candidate. it's like todd aiken in...
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>> thanks so much, jim. that takes us to abc's martha radda raddatz. been on the phone with sources today. just back from boston. so presumably they're looking at surveillance tapes in this area. what do you know about that? >> you heard brian say there's tons of video. they have surveillance everywhere in that area. it was the boston marathon. of course they had a lot of cameras out there. and you have social media, cellphone video. that's why they're asking for all this. the hard part here, though, is the more you have, the longer it takes to go through it. the more people you need to go through it. the more experts you need. and meanwhile, this bomber, this terrorist or terrorists are trying to get away. >> and other sense about how long this investigation could be going on and on? >> investigations in the past have had break. in the oklahoma city bombing they made a mistake and got caught in 90 minutes. the world trade center bombing, in 1993, they made a mistake, they caught those people very, very quickly. this one we're way beyond 24 hours and t
>> thanks so much, jim. that takes us to abc's martha radda raddatz. been on the phone with sources today. just back from boston. so presumably they're looking at surveillance tapes in this area. what do you know about that? >> you heard brian say there's tons of video. they have surveillance everywhere in that area. it was the boston marathon. of course they had a lot of cameras out there. and you have social media, cellphone video. that's why they're asking for all this. the hard...
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scott blakeman, judy gold, and author of "the complete idiot's comedy writing," jim mendrinos. remember this, the next time a child is killed by a gun without a background check which u.s. senators will have blood on their hands. i'll be reading their names in my commentary, and that's next. >> john: so congratulations are in order to the nra the republicans and a few democrats. the tiniest weakest more flaccid possible reform comprehensive background checks to screen potentially dangerous people trying to buy guns, something that 90% of americans want, but the nra and minority of senators don't. welcome to the gun nation without representation, and the next time a child is killed by a gun, purchase without a background check please remember you built this. the courage shown by every day americans in boston has now been matched by the cowardice shown by 45 senators, senators who just helped guarantee that more and more americans will have the chance to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. a small number of lobbyists and gun manufacturers as the voice of the people, it would
scott blakeman, judy gold, and author of "the complete idiot's comedy writing," jim mendrinos. remember this, the next time a child is killed by a gun without a background check which u.s. senators will have blood on their hands. i'll be reading their names in my commentary, and that's next. >> john: so congratulations are in order to the nra the republicans and a few democrats. the tiniest weakest more flaccid possible reform comprehensive background checks to screen...
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>> thanks so much, jim. >>> now from boston, we turn to breaking news we have at this hour. a letter addressed to a united states senator was intercepted, found to contain a deadly poison. the news is still coming in and pierre thomas has all the late-breaking details right now out of washington. pierre? >> tonight the senate is on high alert after a letter bound for one of its members was intercepted because it may have been tainted with poison. sources are telling us tonight a letter addressed to mississippi senator roger wicker tested positive for ricin in a field test in maryland. the letter was post marked memphis, tennessee. tonight there's no information on who may have sent it. ricin is der reiffed from caster beans and can be lethal if ingested or inhaled. field tests to detective it are unreliable. a source tells us the letter is tested again in a laboratory to get a definitive result. the package was intercepted and never reached the capital complex. still, additional security is being put in place. all mail to capitol hill has been stopped. such scares have happe
>> thanks so much, jim. >>> now from boston, we turn to breaking news we have at this hour. a letter addressed to a united states senator was intercepted, found to contain a deadly poison. the news is still coming in and pierre thomas has all the late-breaking details right now out of washington. pierre? >> tonight the senate is on high alert after a letter bound for one of its members was intercepted because it may have been tainted with poison. sources are telling us...
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i agree with jim. now that we have the lead individual, the older brother dead, the younger one has to make decisions. as an fbi hostage negotiator, this is the type of guy we would like to talk to. we contain him and isolate him from contact with the outside world and we negotiate and we help him identify reasons to live. that's what fbi negotiators and atf will be trying to do. if they can get him located in one place, time is somewhat on our side. it's unprecedented to shut a city down like this. it sets a terrible example for people in the future, but right now this is what we have to deal with. >> when i heard about the 7-11 and you hear about them with the mit police officer, why would you dru attention to yourself? they had to know that they were going to be pursued. is that tied to the fact and when i originally saw that video yesterday that was released and taken from the department store camera, they looked calm. they looked like anybody. they almost looked confident-cocky to me. there is the
i agree with jim. now that we have the lead individual, the older brother dead, the younger one has to make decisions. as an fbi hostage negotiator, this is the type of guy we would like to talk to. we contain him and isolate him from contact with the outside world and we negotiate and we help him identify reasons to live. that's what fbi negotiators and atf will be trying to do. if they can get him located in one place, time is somewhat on our side. it's unprecedented to shut a city down like...
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>> bret: all right, jim. thank you. the treasury department says the internal revenue service the irs overpaid up to $13.6 billion in tax credits designed for low income families last year. the report finds the irs in violation of requirements that it set and meet payment reduction targets that it set and meet payment reduction targets. still ahead, emotions come to the surface over boston and immigration reform. first after a week of domestic turmoil, the president turns his focus to international turmoil. [ male announcer ] you are a business pro. omnipotent of opportunity. you know how to mix business... with business. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle. and go. you can even take a full-size or above. and still pay the mid-size price. i could get used to this. [ male announcer ] yes, you could business pro. yes, you could. go national. go like a pro. happening in that department. >> while the president responded to domestic terrorism in boston last week and monito
>> bret: all right, jim. thank you. the treasury department says the internal revenue service the irs overpaid up to $13.6 billion in tax credits designed for low income families last year. the report finds the irs in violation of requirements that it set and meet payment reduction targets that it set and meet payment reduction targets. still ahead, emotions come to the surface over boston and immigration reform. first after a week of domestic turmoil, the president turns his focus to...
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well, jim davis, starting with you, how does boston change things for people in your position? what kinds of discussions are going on now? >> well, certainly we're much more focused on security. you know, in the united states we've got pretty short memories and i think after 9/11 we were very focused on security and then things kind of we'd go through a time period where we don't a lot of attacks or any successful attacks and now boston happens and people get focused on it again. i think that in the -- in law enforcement and intelligence community we've always been focused on it but people are going to be more receptive to security measures now and more focused on making sure that major events are safer. >> brown: ed cannon, explain how this works. take something you have worked on, perhaps the new york city marathon, for example. what kind of measures go into it? how much preparation? how much thinking and how might that change if at all now? >> well, jeff, the new york city marathon is going to be examined with lessons learned from what occurred last week in boston. think abo
well, jim davis, starting with you, how does boston change things for people in your position? what kinds of discussions are going on now? >> well, certainly we're much more focused on security. you know, in the united states we've got pretty short memories and i think after 9/11 we were very focused on security and then things kind of we'd go through a time period where we don't a lot of attacks or any successful attacks and now boston happens and people get focused on it again. i think...
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and eight two thousand and ten story right and what about those legendary investors into gold like jim rogers. also what are they doing all right john paulson actually has lost over eight billion dollars on this gold justice will just this week are baathists still insists on quick recovery in gold prices and you know gold is considered one of the best had just against inflation and paulson says that inflation will definitely increase in the near future because central banks have printed so much money so he remains bullish. another gold bull i've just spoken to him recently and he told me that he hopes that he will be clever enough to buy more gold once it reaches its bottom but you know the question is where is this bottom right and considering that gold actually rose like six hundred fifty percent from one thousand nine hundred ninety nine two thousand and eleven i mean it has all the way to go to fall to the bottom as well as the room for increase. thank you very much business are going to tell the physical. and that brings up to date on all the latest in business the sochi olympics
and eight two thousand and ten story right and what about those legendary investors into gold like jim rogers. also what are they doing all right john paulson actually has lost over eight billion dollars on this gold justice will just this week are baathists still insists on quick recovery in gold prices and you know gold is considered one of the best had just against inflation and paulson says that inflation will definitely increase in the near future because central banks have printed so much...
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as jim mentioned, there's more than 24 findings and recommendations. we can't cover all of those this morning, but we do want to hit some of the highlights. we hope you'll take the entire report, study it through, and look at each of those recommendations. why is this report important? it's important because we as a nation have to get this right. i look back in history to the time during world war ii that we interned some japanese-america japanese-americans. at the time it seemed like the right and proper thing to do. but in light of history it was an error. and so today, this report will hopefully put into focus some of the actions taken in the post-9/11 environment. there's some key questions one of -- some key questions we wanted to address this point but to the treatment of suspects -- rise to the level of torture quick secondly, if so, how did this happen? and what can we learn from this to make better decisions in the future? on the first question, we found that u.s. personnel in many instances use interrogation techniques on detainees that const
as jim mentioned, there's more than 24 findings and recommendations. we can't cover all of those this morning, but we do want to hit some of the highlights. we hope you'll take the entire report, study it through, and look at each of those recommendations. why is this report important? it's important because we as a nation have to get this right. i look back in history to the time during world war ii that we interned some japanese-america japanese-americans. at the time it seemed like the right...
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one of the close i found i especially really like was from a former congressman jim kline and he said it's a little hard to believe that your nonfiction book you can't put down. and i thought that it was especially appropriate because if you like this book, it's different from a lot of nonfiction work that i've read. and that it really does read like a thriller. it really does, it takes these little discussions, and jack should manatee, humanity side to it. >> guest: we like to think it's an important book in the sense that it tells you how the court works. there are so few good books out there that explains what's the process, how do they go about this, how do they decide these cases, what are they saying to one another? we see these cases that split the court five before. what do they think? to the personal this get into it? so it's about not just about capital punishment. it's a book about how the court operates. >> guest: when he did get into those in the library of congress, the memorandum, the notes back and forth between the justices that are available him and a lot of stuff is
one of the close i found i especially really like was from a former congressman jim kline and he said it's a little hard to believe that your nonfiction book you can't put down. and i thought that it was especially appropriate because if you like this book, it's different from a lot of nonfiction work that i've read. and that it really does read like a thriller. it really does, it takes these little discussions, and jack should manatee, humanity side to it. >> guest: we like to think it's...
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we saw jim demint from south carolina become an important king maker in the senate. having a lot influence. in 2008 we saw the ultimate congressional back bench in the person of paul ryan show you can have a lasting impact on the debate. i think that is where the action is going to be going forward. the final thing i would say in terms of opportunities for limiting the federal government is if you look at when conservatives and libertarians have been conservative in the -- successful in the past. it's been in response to liberal government. to people always like big government when it's free. soon we're going see the middle class begin to pay some of the costs, and that is really the circumstances under which the social revolution of the 1960 and '70s gave way to the limited skeet reform of the '70s and 1990s to a point when you are democratic presidents talking about the era of being over and deficit reduction the best thing for the economy. and actually talking about entitlement reform. unfortunately nothing happened. that transformation may be seen through obamaca
we saw jim demint from south carolina become an important king maker in the senate. having a lot influence. in 2008 we saw the ultimate congressional back bench in the person of paul ryan show you can have a lasting impact on the debate. i think that is where the action is going to be going forward. the final thing i would say in terms of opportunities for limiting the federal government is if you look at when conservatives and libertarians have been conservative in the -- successful in the...
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senator jim inhofe from oklahoma. senator mike johanns from nebraska. senator jerry moran from kansas. senator jim risch. senator sessions from alabama. senator shelby from alabama. senator david vitter of louisiana. up next, we will good the two party leaders that voted no technically but they are both in very different places. when our little girl was born, we got a subaru. it's where she said her first word. (little girl) no! saw her first day of school. (little girl) bye bye! made a best friend forever. the back seat of my subaru is where she grew up. what? (announcer) designed for your most precious cargo. (girl) what? (announcer) the all-new subaru forester. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. i love to golf. ♪ [ grunts ] yowza! that's why i eat belvita at breakfast. it's made with delicious ingredients and carefully baked to release steady energy that lasts... we are golfing now, buddy! [ grunts ] ...all morning long. i got it! for the win! uno mas! getting closer! belvita breakfast biscuits -- steady energy to do what i do all morning lo
senator jim inhofe from oklahoma. senator mike johanns from nebraska. senator jerry moran from kansas. senator jim risch. senator sessions from alabama. senator shelby from alabama. senator david vitter of louisiana. up next, we will good the two party leaders that voted no technically but they are both in very different places. when our little girl was born, we got a subaru. it's where she said her first word. (little girl) no! saw her first day of school. (little girl) bye bye! made a best...
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jim brann of the stop and work omission told us going violence is an extension of a devastating war. the level of violence has never. gone back to what it was ten years ago after the war and talking about it's never return to that there's been terrible periods of around two thousand and six and against that things are much better but otherwise the level of violence is constant it's all clearly a consequence of the invasion ten years ago these thing and the level of sectarian violence for example has no history like that in iraq whatever the situation was like in iraq before two thousand and three the fact is that we have an unprecedented situation today and the single cause of that is the war and they are . these are these are the remnants of it. there was no process there was no iraqi process for example if you look at libya you find that the libyans did not decide the future of libya it was outside military intervention and what you have is extreme instability and so on and that's a parallel with iraq. now look at some other stories from around the world now two guards at the frenc
jim brann of the stop and work omission told us going violence is an extension of a devastating war. the level of violence has never. gone back to what it was ten years ago after the war and talking about it's never return to that there's been terrible periods of around two thousand and six and against that things are much better but otherwise the level of violence is constant it's all clearly a consequence of the invasion ten years ago these thing and the level of sectarian violence for...
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jim mcgreevey, appointing his gay lover to a public job. at the opposite end is golf champ tiger woods, another married traveler in the wild woman fast lane who, hit bottom. but his dazzling athletic talent made the difference, so he's back winning tournaments again. in this spring season of hope, the comeback spotlight has landed on three hopeful men, all of whom had trouble with extra curricular women. these are the masters of the universe, whose hunger for attention is so enormous that we peons must accept their urchghtuous apologies and reward them with the intrinsically american second chance. anthony weiner is such a man, rawly ambitious, obnoxious with a lean and hungry look of a roman assassin. the new york times sanctioned his comeback effort with an approving profile, featuring his wife, a close assistant to hillary clinton. less than two years ago, mr. weiner, a seven-term congressman from new york, was caught sending lewd messages to young women, along with pictures of his excited self in underwear. logically, hillary, the high
jim mcgreevey, appointing his gay lover to a public job. at the opposite end is golf champ tiger woods, another married traveler in the wild woman fast lane who, hit bottom. but his dazzling athletic talent made the difference, so he's back winning tournaments again. in this spring season of hope, the comeback spotlight has landed on three hopeful men, all of whom had trouble with extra curricular women. these are the masters of the universe, whose hunger for attention is so enormous that we...
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thank you, jim. the task force says in our eport, all societies behave differently under stress. at those times they may even to conflict with their essential character and values. that's what we did here. were under stress and we took actions that conflict with who we are. who we are called to be and who we have committed to be. willing to rs not face the truth. and a loty euphemisms of state secrets. has etainee task force functioned as a sort of truth commission, revealing where we strayed from our values, about the light of investigation and analysis on to in the hope that the next time we're under that kind thetress, we do not go down same road and it's been an honor to serve on this panel. you, david. nick? >> final word. just in terms of new things here has discussed the general contours of the report, which is the most important thing. there are some new points raise in the report, discussion of the role of the international committee of the red cross and the debate inside that organization. an interview with the icrc w who's the representative in washington and we have a
thank you, jim. the task force says in our eport, all societies behave differently under stress. at those times they may even to conflict with their essential character and values. that's what we did here. were under stress and we took actions that conflict with who we are. who we are called to be and who we have committed to be. willing to rs not face the truth. and a loty euphemisms of state secrets. has etainee task force functioned as a sort of truth commission, revealing where we strayed...
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jim, it's, it's a changing situation. but certainly it is a dramatic scene. it almost looks like a war zone, streets empty, we don't know how many officers are on the scene. but the tension seems to be remarkably high. there's some thought that perhaps dzhokah tsarnaev is holed up and is being negotiated with at this point. >> alex, that's exactly right. you know when you're in command of a situation like this, i always like to break it down to the main things that handle the main crisis points and address those. and there's three interlocking rings here that are affecting boston and the citizens. and that's what the commanders have got to focus on. one is the standoff with dzhokhar, we can talk about how that interlocks and what's going on there. the second is, the placement of another pressure cooker device in the city that they've located. and the question of are there more. and then the third interlocking circle is, whether or not there's these two accomplices, as pete williams described and maybe a person on an amtrak train who was an accomplice. these a
jim, it's, it's a changing situation. but certainly it is a dramatic scene. it almost looks like a war zone, streets empty, we don't know how many officers are on the scene. but the tension seems to be remarkably high. there's some thought that perhaps dzhokah tsarnaev is holed up and is being negotiated with at this point. >> alex, that's exactly right. you know when you're in command of a situation like this, i always like to break it down to the main things that handle the main crisis...
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as jim mentioned, there are more than 24 findings and recommendations. we can't cover all of those. we hope you will take the entire report, study it through, and look at each of those recommendations. why is this report important? it is important because we as a nation have to get this right. i look back in history durling the time to -- during the time to world war ii that we intered some japanese americans. at the time it seemed like the right and proper thing to do. in the right of history, it was an error. so today this report will hopefully put into focus some of the actions taken in some of the post 9/11 environment. there are key questions we want to answer this morning. one, did the treatment rise to torture? secondly, how did it happen? what can we learn from this to make better decisions in the future? on the first question, we found u.s. personnel in many instances used ininterrogation techniques on detainees that constitutional torture. military personnel conducted cruel, inhumane, or degrading treatment. both categories of actions violate u.s. laws and international tr
as jim mentioned, there are more than 24 findings and recommendations. we can't cover all of those. we hope you will take the entire report, study it through, and look at each of those recommendations. why is this report important? it is important because we as a nation have to get this right. i look back in history durling the time to -- during the time to world war ii that we intered some japanese americans. at the time it seemed like the right and proper thing to do. in the right of history,...
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>> jim. >> occupation. >> wow. >> jim morison and the doors burst on the music scene back in the 1960s. morison died a few years later in 1971. he was only 27. after his death the band broke up. they had several league battles. since then john densmore has written a new book "the doors: unhinged." anthony mason has more. >> it's licits a special memory for each. drummer john densmore is trying to keep it that way. >> are you surprised at the continuing popularity of the doors music? >> i can only attribute it to the drumming. >> reporter: john densmore was the beat behind the poweetry of jim morison. along with the others they were the doors. together just six years their music which evoked the darker side of the '60s has sold more than a hundred million records. densmore first met him in his parents' garage. >> ray handed me a crumpled people of paper. jim was in the corner with bare feet. i thought, oh my god, i hear rhythm on this. i want to drum to this. ♪ break on through to the other side ♪ break on through to the other side ♪ >> this is where we rehearse and then during br
>> jim. >> occupation. >> wow. >> jim morison and the doors burst on the music scene back in the 1960s. morison died a few years later in 1971. he was only 27. after his death the band broke up. they had several league battles. since then john densmore has written a new book "the doors: unhinged." anthony mason has more. >> it's licits a special memory for each. drummer john densmore is trying to keep it that way. >> are you surprised at the...
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looks jim! who it is. >> announcer: and now on the phone from chicago -- >> hold on everybody it's road flare mary! >> stephanie: good morning mary. >> caller: good morning. i just had a comment. you keep bashing bush, okay. his legacy. what has the phony in the white house, what legacy does he have? why don't he open a museum in chicago? >> stephanie: because he's not done yet. >> in chicago and call it guns, blood, gangbangers, you know. why don't they do that? and maybe they can borrow from the film museum, you know, bushman, the gorilla over there. >> stephanie: oh, i see. is that a racial joke, mary? >> no. it would be an attraction. >> i see. [ wah wah ] >> stephanie: i think it is. you know, jim was right. come back. i think that sorority girl stole the phrase [ bleep ] from jim. because he left a message that melissa and i listened to on my machine. >> that's why jim left. >> stephanie: i've never heard that word used as a noun, verb, adjective, preposition. >> and an interjection for ex
looks jim! who it is. >> announcer: and now on the phone from chicago -- >> hold on everybody it's road flare mary! >> stephanie: good morning mary. >> caller: good morning. i just had a comment. you keep bashing bush, okay. his legacy. what has the phony in the white house, what legacy does he have? why don't he open a museum in chicago? >> stephanie: because he's not done yet. >> in chicago and call it guns, blood, gangbangers, you know. why don't they do...
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chief correspondent jim angle is live in washington with more. hi, jim. >> reporter: hello, jenna. what started out as an effort to by ronald reagan to help people in rural areas to have a phone in case of emergencies what critics suspect is a new welfare program, listen. >> the cost has gone from $143 million a few years ago, to $2.2 billion today, a 15 times increase. >> reporter: now the cost of the program lept after cell phones were added in 2008. only those on low income programs such as welfare and food stamps legally qualify. but lawmakers say the program is out of control. >> i got a solicitation for a free phone at my apartment which is certainly not in a building where you're going to have people who are qualified for free phones. there is clearly money being wasted here. >> the fcc said in a recent year there were 270,000 beneficiaries that had more than one of these subsidized cell phones that is completely against the law right there. >> reporter: now funded by a small tax on all phone bills you can see it on yours, the program has exploded with companies advertising
chief correspondent jim angle is live in washington with more. hi, jim. >> reporter: hello, jenna. what started out as an effort to by ronald reagan to help people in rural areas to have a phone in case of emergencies what critics suspect is a new welfare program, listen. >> the cost has gone from $143 million a few years ago, to $2.2 billion today, a 15 times increase. >> reporter: now the cost of the program lept after cell phones were added in 2008. only those on low income...
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you know, the ting that makes jim demint a great leader is the same thing that has always made people like matt spalding and the heritage foundation itself so very valuable; that is, your shared insistence on making the positive case for conservativism, what conservatives are for. in washington it's common for both parties to succumb to easy negativity. republicans and democrats stand opposed to each other, obviously, and outspoken partisanship almost always gets the most headlines. this negativity is unappealing on pote sides, and that helps explain why the federal government is increasingly held in such low regard by the american people. but for the left the defensive crouch at least makes sense. liberalism's main purpose today is to defend itself past gains -- its past gains from conservative reform. but megativity on the right, to my mind, makes no sense at all. the left has created this false narrative that liberals are for things, and conservatives are against things. when we concede this narrative even just implicitly, we concede the debate before that debate even begins. and y
you know, the ting that makes jim demint a great leader is the same thing that has always made people like matt spalding and the heritage foundation itself so very valuable; that is, your shared insistence on making the positive case for conservativism, what conservatives are for. in washington it's common for both parties to succumb to easy negativity. republicans and democrats stand opposed to each other, obviously, and outspoken partisanship almost always gets the most headlines. this...
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her and husband jim tot were arrested and jailed early friday morning for an alleged dui and disorderly conduct. according to the police report, while toth was given a sprite test, reese claimed he was not a real police officer so she was handcuffed but not before telling the officer, quote, do you know my name? >> that never works. >> you're about to find out who i am, end quote. in a statement witherspoon said she clearly had too much to drink and is deeply embarrassed. >>> three doors down bassisted to harrell was charged with vehicular homicide after causing a fatal crash that killed a 47-year-old man. harrell was intoxicated and also in possession of over 30 assorted prescription pills. >>> in another entertainment news, "oblivion" easily took first at the box office with $38 million. jennifer lawrence presented bill clinton with a glaad media award and ended up flubbing the president's name. >> we are happy to present glaad advocate change award to president glib -- bill clinton. >> it happens to all of us, you know. it comes up, you're a little nervous. >> this is where she got g
her and husband jim tot were arrested and jailed early friday morning for an alleged dui and disorderly conduct. according to the police report, while toth was given a sprite test, reese claimed he was not a real police officer so she was handcuffed but not before telling the officer, quote, do you know my name? >> that never works. >> you're about to find out who i am, end quote. in a statement witherspoon said she clearly had too much to drink and is deeply embarrassed....
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and i think, i don't want-- i'm reluctance to give credit but i think it pite have been jim o'neill of goldman saks saying that they don't govern enough. that the politics have to get better. does that ring true to you at all? >> do you know he what he might have said. >> it is true of india but let me add it is true of every country. we can't have better governance. i don't think you should generalize. there are many statesin india where there is good 2k3w06 earnance. the central government generally provides good governance but there are weaknesses. we need to identify those weaknesses and rectify them. how can anyone say that we have reached the acme of governance. obviously governance can improve. we need to learn, for example, from the japanese or the chinese how to execute a project on time without a cost overrun. e: right. >> if there is one thing that i would like to learn is how do execute a large project without a cost overrun or a time overrun. >> rose: so why do you have cost overruns or time overruns? >> because of, we, we tolerate inefficiencies. we don't punish people en
and i think, i don't want-- i'm reluctance to give credit but i think it pite have been jim o'neill of goldman saks saying that they don't govern enough. that the politics have to get better. does that ring true to you at all? >> do you know he what he might have said. >> it is true of india but let me add it is true of every country. we can't have better governance. i don't think you should generalize. there are many statesin india where there is good 2k3w06 earnance. the central...
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by the way ambassador jim jones joining us at the top of the next hour. to talk about torture under george w. bush. speaking about george w. bush, a lot of comments on the bush library. bella says a library for what. for a coloring book or a pop-up pop-up -- picture book? i get it. this is a library to teach you how to read an upside down picture book. and on the senate, rick owning suggests i think somebody needs to start a campaign featuring unwanted posters. mugshots of senators and with a record of their votes against the public wishes like on the gun bill last week. good point! i like that. it is the "full court press" on tuesday morning. [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> bill: what do you say friends and neighbors? good morning, it is tuesday april 23rd. great to see you today. thank you so much for joining us here on the "full court press" on current tv. your morning roundup of the news of the day. and your morning town hall where you get a chance to speak out and sound off and express your opinion about what's going on here in our nation's capital around the c
by the way ambassador jim jones joining us at the top of the next hour. to talk about torture under george w. bush. speaking about george w. bush, a lot of comments on the bush library. bella says a library for what. for a coloring book or a pop-up pop-up -- picture book? i get it. this is a library to teach you how to read an upside down picture book. and on the senate, rick owning suggests i think somebody needs to start a campaign featuring unwanted posters. mugshots of senators and with a...
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good morning, jim. >> reporter: good morning, george. the bombs that cause such tragic wounds are actually quite small, and portable, like these dummy devices. they're easy to hide in a backpack. at this size they're hardly powerful enough to cause any structural damage but designed to wreak havoc on the human body, the flesh and the mind. that white smoke, the damaging shrapnel, telltale clues of an improvised explosive device. we've seen what they do to armored vehicles and foot patrols in iraq and afghanistan. bigger ieds like this one can cause quite a blast. but most often, the smaller bombs, as if boston, are not strong enough to damage structures. but they can be deadly to anyone in the kill zone. >> there's only one reason to build an improvised explosive device and that's to kill or injure people. >> reporter: this demonstration shows the damage done by the shrapnel. small pieces of metal often loaded inside the bomb. you can see and hear those dangerous projectiles exploding into the air. >> these people were in close proximity
good morning, jim. >> reporter: good morning, george. the bombs that cause such tragic wounds are actually quite small, and portable, like these dummy devices. they're easy to hide in a backpack. at this size they're hardly powerful enough to cause any structural damage but designed to wreak havoc on the human body, the flesh and the mind. that white smoke, the damaging shrapnel, telltale clues of an improvised explosive device. we've seen what they do to armored vehicles and foot patrols...
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. >> of course jim is right but it's a super charged issue and made to order for whatever political agenda you are trying to forward. cenk: if it turns out it was an iranian agent which no one is claiming. >> i heard chenk uygur say that. i'm going to tweet that right now. cenk: do we have our tanks parked in downtown iran within a month? >> i would hope not but i think the damage that the mentality of the global war on terror, the fact that we framed the debate in the global war on terror, despite the fact that obama abandoned the terrible, it still exists. i find positive signs that we're dealing with this like a crime getting back to pre9/11 thinking, being somewhat reasonable in our response. we haven't had anyone say we are going to invade x y or z. cenk: because nobody knows yet. if it's a right winger, we are going to invade alabama. >> if it's a terrorist group i hope the response will be more directed and acute than in in the past, than our response to september 11. >> but that's a battle playing out. >> with all, you know, i was a reporter first for a long time, too and i get the
. >> of course jim is right but it's a super charged issue and made to order for whatever political agenda you are trying to forward. cenk: if it turns out it was an iranian agent which no one is claiming. >> i heard chenk uygur say that. i'm going to tweet that right now. cenk: do we have our tanks parked in downtown iran within a month? >> i would hope not but i think the damage that the mentality of the global war on terror, the fact that we framed the debate in the global...
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update our viewers, jim. >> reporter: that's right. i've been told by a house leadership aide that the full house of representatives will be briefed today. the senate intelligence committee has set a hearing at 2:30 this afternoon. they're going to find out if they failed to connect the dots. >> reporter: as lawmakers are praising their authorities for their quick work in the boston case, they're still calling for hearings. >> what did he do when we went back for six months? did he sit in his aunt or unc uncle's home for six month? when he came back to this country, why didn't it bring a bell? >> reporter: two years ago the fbi was asked to investigate tamerlan. he prepa-- the fbi said it did find any terrorism activity. late last year tamerlan made that trip and spent time in war torn chechnya. >> translator: yes, he went to chechnya for a couple of days. i don't know where those relatives lived. >> reporter: despite that warning from the russians that trip went undetected by u.s. authorities. tamerlan's name was on a no fly watch lis
update our viewers, jim. >> reporter: that's right. i've been told by a house leadership aide that the full house of representatives will be briefed today. the senate intelligence committee has set a hearing at 2:30 this afternoon. they're going to find out if they failed to connect the dots. >> reporter: as lawmakers are praising their authorities for their quick work in the boston case, they're still calling for hearings. >> what did he do when we went back for six months?...
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the oscar-winning actress and husband jim toth were arrested and jailed early friday morning for an alleged dui and disorderly conduct. according to the police report, while tothe was given a sobriety test reese claimed he wasn't a real police officer and wouldn't stay in the car. she said, do you know my name? you're about to find out who i am. oh, yeah. she went there. well, in a statement witherspoon says she clearly had too much to drink and is deeply embarrassed. >>> sad news here. three door down bassist todd harrell was charged with vehicular homicide over the weekend after causing a fatal crash that killed a 47-year-old man. harrell was intoxicated and also in possession of over 30 assorted prescription pills. >>> tom cruise's "oblivion" owe blif yachted the box office, $38 million. jennifer lawrence presented bill clinton with a glaad media award and actually ended up flubbing the president's name. >> we are happy to present glaad's advocate of change award to president glib -- bill clinton. >> it wasn't that bad. >>> kim kardashian is no longer a married woman. her divorce was fin
the oscar-winning actress and husband jim toth were arrested and jailed early friday morning for an alleged dui and disorderly conduct. according to the police report, while tothe was given a sobriety test reese claimed he wasn't a real police officer and wouldn't stay in the car. she said, do you know my name? you're about to find out who i am. oh, yeah. she went there. well, in a statement witherspoon says she clearly had too much to drink and is deeply embarrassed. >>> sad news...
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in fact, i just got an email from someone in afghanistan, major general jim mcconville, who is there with our troops. we know historically, the chechens have had activity in afghanistan. but there doesn't seem to be any evidence of any threats on our soil here in the united states, from the chechens. this would be something new. and the question we will have to learn, as they review everything, including all the activities of these two brothers on the day of the marathon and since, is whether or not they had contact with anyone outside of the united states, any known jihaddists or terror groups. we did see them remove a computer today from the sister of the two brothers. perhaps there will be in -- will be some evidence there. one captured, in the hospital, having surgery right now. the younger of the two. one killed in a shootout with police that happened a day ago. and the question now, gregg, is whether or not they are connected. let's ask dr. walead farris, a fox news terrorism analyst. how important is it to find out what kecks they have, beyond each other? >> oh, very important
in fact, i just got an email from someone in afghanistan, major general jim mcconville, who is there with our troops. we know historically, the chechens have had activity in afghanistan. but there doesn't seem to be any evidence of any threats on our soil here in the united states, from the chechens. this would be something new. and the question we will have to learn, as they review everything, including all the activities of these two brothers on the day of the marathon and since, is whether...